He has a PhD in Sociology, and was research fellow at the European University Institute, Florence and the University of Exeter. Prior to coming to COMPAS he was a lecturer in sociology, geography and political science at the Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies (CEuS), University of Bremen and continues to be an associated fellow of CEuS

Franck has worked on irregular immigration, highly skilled migrants, health issues, and aspects of migration politics and management on EU and international level. He also works closely with migrants and refugee rights agencies all over Europe. Currently his projects include work on East West Migration and Transit Migration through Turkey and Ukraine.

Projects

Current

Eumagine: Imagining Europe from the outside. The cases of Ukraine, Turkey, Senegal and Morocco

Iraqi, Afghan and other refugees in Turkey: Barriers to protection

Fundamental rights of irregular immigrants in the EU (FRIM)

Recently completed

Clandestino - Counting the Uncountable: Data and Trends across Europe - Irregular Migration in the U.K.

Transit, Migration and Politics: Trends and Constructions on the Fringes of Europe

Related Activities

Turkish Migration Studies Group (TurkMiS), Convenor

TurkMiS aims to concentrate research conducted at Oxford University, across the various departments, colleges and institutes, on migration from, to and through Turkey and its vicinity and related politics in the fields of migration, refugees, European affairs and international relations. It seeks to present what is known, to identify knowledge gaps and encourage research into these. For this purpose the studies group also aims link up with researchers across Europe and in Turkey.

A report on migration and borders, security challenges for the European Union, compiled for an EU-funded project lead by the European University Institute/Robert-Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (EUI/RSCAS, Florence) and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI, Washington).